Blue Ox Forestry

Consultant Profile

Dennis P. Dykstra

Areas of special competence

• Conference speaking on sustainable forest management and reduced-impact logging

• Teaching workshops and shortcourses

• Computer programming in C++ for Windows

• Programming applications for spreadsheets and databases

• Book and report writing, design, and layout

• Scientific and technical illustration

• Proficient with PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, PowerPoint

Licensed Professional Engineer

Educational Background

• BS Forest Engineering, Oregon State University 1966

• MBA University of Oregon 1971

• PhD Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University 1976

Work History

• 2001 to present – Founder and proprietor of Blue Ox Forestry

• 1999-2001 – President & CEO, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon, USA

• 1994-1999 – Deputy Director General for Research, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia

• 1992-1994 – Forestry Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

• 1986-1992 – Professor, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

• 1985-1986 – Freelance writer, South Pasadena, California, USA

• 1983-1985 – Senior Scientist, Forest Sector Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

• 1980-1983 – Professor of Forest Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tanzania

• 1978-1980 – Associate Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

• 1972-1978 – Assistant Professor of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

• 1971-1972 – Operations Research Analyst, Fibreboard Corporation, San Francisco, California, USA

• 1970-1971 – Operations Research Analyst, Pope & Talbot Timber Co., Portland, Oregon, USA

• 1965-1969 – Forest Engineer, Willamette Industries, Inc., Dallas, Oregon, USA

Service Activities

• Coordinator of Division 3 (Forest Operations) and member of the Board of Directors of IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna, Austria

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Tropical Forest Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

• Courtesy appointment as Professor of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA